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Scaevatula pellisserpentis

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Scaevatula pellisserpentis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Scaevatula
Species:
S. pellisserpentis
Binomial name
Scaevatula pellisserpentis
Gofas, 1990

Scaevatula pellisserpentis is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[2][3]

Description

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The shell grows to a length of 8 mm. Its whorls are sinistral.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe.

References

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  1. ^ Gasgoigne, A. (1996). "Scaevatula pellisserpentis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T19939A9111265. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T19939A9111265.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Scaevatula pellisserpentis Gofas, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  3. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
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